• wasn't in copyright in the United States due to being registered for copyright there (see Commons:Copyright tags#United States for most cases) and
• was created prior to 1976 and published prior to 1978 — then it was out-of-copyright in Italy on the URAA date of restoration (January 1, 1996) (17 U.S.C. § 104A) (in most cases; for all cases, see Template:PD-Italy/US). If so, please add {{PD-1996}} in addition to this copyright tag. If the image was created after 1976, please add {{Not-PD-US-URAA}}

This applies to the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of 70 years after the work was made available to the public and the author never disclosed their identity.
Important: Always mention where the image comes from, as far as possible, and make sure the author never claimed authorship.

For a work made available to the public in the United Kingdom, please use Template:PD-UK-unknown instead.

1. it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
2. it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
3. it was in the public domain in its home country (Italy) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).

For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.